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Every Sunday I hope to offer you my version of the Sunday paper with articles from the past week or two, relevant or uplifitng (or both), on various issues within the special needs community.

Students with needs discover their talents
Program in Mamaroneck, NY helps teens with a variety of special needs plan for their futures to ensure they have the basic life skills they will need after leaving school

Students raising money to help Gilbert teacher
Students are fundraising to help special education teacher Juan Reyes offset the approximately $600-700 annually he goes out of pocket to provide for his students with special needs.

Synagogue to hold service for special needs children
Syangogue holds service for special needs children and their family. Serving West San Fernando and Conejo valleys

Disability Advocates want name change for Missouri state agency
Advocates lobbied at the Missouri state capital to have the words mental retardation dropped from the state agency name

US Airways helps special needs dogs
US Airways is helping to train service dogs with their puppies in flight program

Family shocked by MD’s speed over 11 year old
Muscular Dystrophy’s impact on an 11 year old boy and his family

Three documentaries put faces on autism
Realistic portrayals of autism hit the big screen with Autism Every Day, Autism: The Musical and Her name is Sabine

Little Horizons Produces Early Childhood Education DVDs for special needs children
Fun with the ABC’s allows special needs children and able bodied children to have fun side by side while learning their ABC’s

Related posts:

1. The Sunday Paper for March 16, 2008
2. The Sunday Paper for March 23, 2008…
3. The Sunday Paper for March 2, 2008
4. The Sunday Paper for March 9, 2008
5. The Sunday Paper for January 20, 2008….